Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 December 1908 — Page 4

*duiuiiimm'w J FURS FURS I j FURS WANTED! | At Extreme High Prices B Sy We are here to do business and want to do E =£ business direct with the trappers. If you have a E bunch of furs, don’t sell until you read my prices. £ g ‘ E Muskrats. 20c to 30c Skunk, No. 1 $1.75 to $2.00 E Mink .(small) ... $2.50 “ No. 2 $1.25 E “ (medium) 3.50 “ No. 3 50c = “ (large) $4.50 to $5 “ No. 4 30c E 3 = On Good Bunches of Furs I Will Pay Your Car Fare EE I W. B. APPLE I Opposite State Bank WALKERTON. INDIANA E

s£l)e JndepenUent. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY INDEPENDENT BLOCK, WALKERTON, INDIANA. W. A. Emdi.it, - Editor and Publisher. ADVANCE. TBLBPHONB NO. 28. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908, Publisher's Notice. Notices of marriages, births and deaths .userted free. Notices for church 'or , society entertainments, etc.,' where, the object _is to raise money, one-half the regular rate. Resolutions of respect, obituaries and local reading advertisements, 5 cents per line. Cards of Thanks, 50 cents. Pointing our telescopes to the sky is a confession that we need the infinite. Congressman Henry Barnhart of the 13th, under the law will receive J 1,375, salary from the time of the late Congressman Brick’s death. Abe Rues, the political boss and grafter of San Francisco, has been con- j victed, which is a notable victory for municipal reform and decent politics. His conviction will have a most wholesome effect in large municipal centers. Aiderman Coughlin, better known as "Bath House John,” the noted Chicago political boss, has been arrested for assaulting a photographer. It is said to be the first time he has ever been ar- I rested, but probably it isn’t the first . time he has deserved arrest. According to statistics compiled by ' Amos W. Butler, secretary of the board of state charities, and made public, the number of people arrested for intoxication during the past year was 13,596, of whom 452 were wemen. For 1907 a report of eleven months shows 14,361 confined in jail for drinking. With the exception of the year 1907 the year 1908 shows the greatest number of drunks of any year in the last seven years. The cause of the decreased drunkenness for ths year 1908 over the year 1907 is prob-

^xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxk: । The Quality Store I X We are now established in the south X X room of the Tank Building, our old X X stand, and are fully equipped with a X X new and up-to-date line of X X Staple and Fancy Groceries X O Remember, there is nothing more fitting as a w X Christmas Present X V than a piece of CHINA. Don’t fail to see Q O our hne of ft China Dishes and Lamps x X A pair of QUEEN QUALITY SHOES X ? X make an acceptable Christmas present. X “They fit where others fail. ” V X A complete line of Ladies’, Misses’ and V P Children’s UTICA UNDERWEAR just re- Q p ceived. If once you buy to try, you will al- ft Q ways try to buy. ft Q See us for CHRISTMAS CANDIES. ft ft We want your Poultry, Butter and Eggs. ft X Remember, we dress our Holiday poultry, X X and will pay you the Highest Prices. X I FRED P. CLARK’S I ft o Quality Store v 5 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxk

$85,000 JEWELRY STOCK TO BE SOLD An enormous stock. Two floors-Mtchigan to Washington Street-just fl uof new Jewelry Silverware, Lea.oar G is, Unary, Lamps, Arts and Crafts Stoner Hand-painted China and European Novelties. A visif to our store t, m ( j , should d , . chri;t „ m , here . - ^ias:; Hurry Before The Rush CALVIN <. CLAUER 105 South in DIANA J

ably agitation of the temperance question in politics. The number for the previous five years were; For 1902, 11,364: for 1903, 12,394; for 1904. 11,774; for 1905,11,687, and for 1906, 13,216. VIEWS OF THE PRESS. The state legislature will meet January 7, and the inauguration of Governor Marshall will take place January 11. There are several candidates for speaker of the house and an important duty will be in making a good choice for that position. Thomas Honan who was the democratic Hoor leader at the last session is being favorably considered.— Rochester Sentinel. One of the needed changes in existing laws is a return to the former principle compelling cities to pay for paving street and alley crossings. The present law imposes a hardship in that everybody gets all the benefit of paving, but only the property owners pay for it. It's not a bad idea to impose a wheel tax, to be applied to the improvement of streets, thus getting from the most frequent users a portion of the cost of improvement and repairing streets.—Elkhart Review. The brewers of the state are support, ing Shively for United States senator. That being the case, our next senator from Indiana will probably be Mr Shively. Indiana won the first and second prizes at the National Corn Exposition held at Omaha, Nebraska, last week. Both prizes went to Johnson county. The third prize went to Nebraska. Editor Lost His Whiskers. Editor W, H. Tallman of the Lagrange Democrat, while starting a fire in the gasoline stove at his home last Wednesday morning, lost hie long and patriarchal white whiskers the blaze setting them on fire. Mr. Tallman had worn the whiskers for forty years, and cannot i play the role of Santa Claus, without j false whiskers. Albion Democrat. We will soon announce a great map offer in connection with the Indbpen dent. It will be a regular $3 wall chart, with three maps, etc., but by buying them in large quantities we can furnish one of these fine maps and the Independent one year for $1.75. The Independent has the exclusive right of these maps in St. Joseph county. Swell line of gloves sl, $1.50, $2 00 and $2 50 The Globe.

Renews letters! ; Items of Interest From Our Able £ o Corps of Correspondents. o : iULOJULfiJLWULWLW STILLWELL. - Mrs. Fred Hupp who has been serious- : ly ill for several weeks is improving. : Mrs. Wm, Marx of this place is spend- : ing a few days in LaPorte with her daughter, Mrs. Edward Wagner. Lee Fisher, our high school superintendent, was in Chicago last Saturday • on business. : The box social at the Bethel school : last Friday evening was quite largely at- : tended, there being a load taken from : this place. Mies Cora Dexter of this place went : to South Bend last Saturday. : J. A. Wherrett, Grand Trunk agent, : was in Chicago last Saturday. ■ Wm. Graves Jr. and wife of Mill . Creek were visiting relatives and friends in this place Sunday. ( Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Quinn were in Walkerton last Friday. . John Golden of LaPorte was seen in our town last Thursday. George Jones, who has been working for Perris Parmlee and received a broken leg last summer by a hay derrick falling on him, is now able to go about without the aid of crutches. Mrs. Frank Morris who has been visiting in Walkerton a few days re- । turned home Monday. Mies Edith Travis returned to her home at this place Sunday after spending several weeks in Battle Creek, Mich. BARBER. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Barber made a business trip to Plymouth Tuesday. Emma Nye went to South Bend Friday and returned Satuiday. 1’ red Stull has been sick and was unable to teach school the first of this week. Ernest Ross has moved hie family onto the Roderick farm. Rev. Samuel Strang has been holding revival meetings at the Saint church. The Christmas exercises will be held at the Barber church Christmas eve. Earl Rupel of South Bend is in this vicinity this week. Lewie Smeltz visited Mrs Emma Hig. gison of Mishawaka last week. Lloyd Kupel of South Bend is in this vicinity this week. COUNTY LINE. Mrs. Alta Reed of Knox visited her father, Dan Koontz, last week. Mre. R.F. lbws Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Snyder. D. R. Kellogg spent the day Sunday at the pleasant home of Charles Rameby. Mr. and Mre. Henry Hudelmyer were visiting last week one day with Wesley Dare and family on the county line. Miss Lola Koontz and Grandma Warner went to Chicago last Wednee day. Stores Will Close Christmas. We, the undersigned business men of Walkerton, do agree to close our places of business on Christmas day, the 25th day of December, 1908, from 12 o’clock noon the balance of the day. Gus Reiss & Co. F. P. Clark. Edward Grider. J. J. Devery. Root tz, Globe Clothier. Hyman & Dupler. * F. M. Ake. 11. A. Yearick. A. T. Kale. Mrs. G. E. Dial. W. A. Endley. Henry A. Barnhart, congressman from the Thirteenth district, would restock the district with birds, according to the Indianapolis Star. Drainage of Wet Lands. More than 80,000,000 acres of the best agricultural lands in the United States are unproductivs because they need drainage. The lands are so wide spread that their drainage is being agitated as a national issue, for many believe that these wet lands should be reclaimed un der federal authority, as are the arid lands of the West. To the success of this work the investigation of water re sources, as well as accurate topographic i mapping, is as necessary as it is to the j success of irrigation enterprises.— U. S Geographical Survey. Kodol for Dyspepsia, Indigestion weak stomach, Four stomach, gas on the , stomach, etc , is a combination of the natural digestive juices found in a healthy stomach with neceseary veg ' etable acids, and is the only thing known ! today that will completely digest all । kinds of food under any condition. It ! is guaranteed to give prompt relief from I any form of stomach trouble. Take ; Kodol and be convinced. It will cure ! your dyspepsia. Sold by Red Cross Drug Store.

o’ tb mnrimnnni mrnmwd ^four counties! i° News of St. Joseph LaPorte, Starke and £ Marshall Count cs Boiled Down. oj ‘ SL2JUL2 ^^ UULWLWJUUUUL2 The Mishawaka < 7oolen mills wiu be shut down from De member 23 to January 5 to make repairs. Dr. N. S, Darlin r, an old resident and prominent physicit n o f LaPorte, died a few days ago while visiting relatives at Witchita, Kan. Isi s remains were returned to LaPorte Friday and the burial services wore held Saturday. iho Lal orte coi uty clerk has received from a business n ian of Uo lby, Kas., a check for $11,90. with the explanation that forty years obe wrongly received bounty of $3 50 or seven fox scalps, and the check is to co l er principal and inter est at six per cent . !• rederick Auei died at his home in South Bend W^U.^gday night from softening of tb brain, aged 77 years, lie was a pion f of the county and was formerly a res jt o f Sumption Prairie. Col. Willia- jynes, of Notre Dame University a _ uth Bend, has been granted a yea. vacation and will enjoy the rest by tou. Europe, Asia and North Africa, Fjnip he has had in contemplation manjpjyears. T’ue gutter says: "For the first time for t | ar jy y ear s, or since ‘here was the ls4 s t semblance of a town, Bremen >9 witbAt a place where liquor is lawfully sob Wand drank. The first saloon or rati? W store where drinks were o.^ensec a was conducted by George Pomer a Bremen s first merchant, away ba< ITn the early fifties.” Ihe Indiana .ppellate court at Indianapolis has jenied a rehearing of the disbarment ca9e against John W. lalbot of SoUtt Bend and Mayor Lemuel Darrow of LaPorte. This sustains the reversal of t 10 Elkhart circuit court which disbarre< [ the defendants from practicing law ii Indiana, but a rove real of this decision was secured in the appellate court. The case will now Jgo back to Elkhar [ county for retrial, unless it is taken i 5 the supreme court. A wild deer, probably driven clown from Michigan by the army of hunters who have been i couring the wilde of the state during tl ;0 fall, has been sighted several times lately in the timber tracts southeas t o f the city. Its visit reminds the old .timers of the days many years ago whet w ild game of this sort was not so scare e j n this vicinity Mishawaka Enterpri je , John C. EL iworth, the well known South Bend Wherchant, was confronted by a burglar a . j g home Tuesday evening. Mr. Elia’ -th threw up bis hands at the sight o , n ugly looking revolver pointed towar< im by the burglar who backed into ar Ijoining room and made bis er^ape fror. a open window through yhiclF ^tered. Mr. Ellsworth phoned ^police, but they were unable to the burglar. Two -Vl* sl6 00 in cash were thg thj ; f C all at the W y OUr Xmas doings BrUht , , . .. „ Student. 11 If Columbia I’nivcrsltv I.ls 1 progressive student than n tie Miss LSI iru Arnl of Tt , U( , . a M'ung w raan lg short, measured by Inches, bi . „ , , ; x . t measure 1 by intellect she take's on ». ~, ~ , Ttjlmpresslve proportions. Lue of h er race. Miss Aral Is a source of con , tans su is(>s shp !s mak ng a spec iaßy of ^ib-sophy. and at t..i "’• ne j s one O s ^he most zeahMis of all , he young womou m the university m e , .. , fork In the gvnmasium. Philosophy an sttes Seeni :(n al . most impossibly colublnation . o the American mini . „ . AT . . . t yet Miss Aral is as much at home she horizontal bar or hi a spirited g [me of basket . bn!l as !n following the 1 rofonnd ways <>f Einer son or Kant or Tbe voun£ , woman is a me mber of one of fb ; f.tmi.us ,n .Taj aQ an ^ gbp rf q, irn to her native T >klo whpn gbe completog a three-year « urse ln Cnlumbia She stand- toi the Vnodern advancement of Japanese wome., wbo arp assertlng themselves witl ( no uncertaln voice after a few thoi isand vears of submis _ sive bondage t< the flftion that they are inferior to t ieJr husbands and sons. 1 ,lpa S ! isonable Request. The young m ftnd tbp werp standing outs.de tbe do()r bavii ^ a final chat afte rWg evcnina e;il , He was leaning aga: thp door talk . ing in low tonej p resentl the v 0 | ladv looked are® „ ‘ , «nd to discover her father in the JoM , , . , '*• >"way, clad in a dressing gown. I f;i r ^»what in the world is the matter? ^f lnLiuired . om, sa c farmer, addressing himself to the »L man . know I have never of , . , , , t , . Jxmplalned about vour staying late, an« r . , . , , , _ .. . llm not going to complain of that nl . . . „ , , , , , yw; but for goodness sake stop leaning, , ~ , , , . L. * 1 against the bell push and let the rest , K the family get. some Because of al, — setters, it is srl aek o£ ex l’ ert jewel watch factory nearl y every duclng less than J he country is I ,ro first-class watchc its ca P aclty - Modern jewels than time 3 cont ’” ns J’ine more ago> ■ neces of a generation > and Heals lungs

BITS or SCIENCE. The average nu nber < f a human head is 120,000. England still has 114 miles of .-ireet>ailways operated by hoi> -. Four hundred gallons of '.b . r Is the average yield of a 1. . . v ecv. Seventy square feet of belt, -ur ace I per minute will transmit 1 horse power. 1 Italians use rancid butter, formed into balls with shells of hardened cheese for lamps. West Virginia ranks next to Pennsylvania as a coke producing State,' with Alabama third. By heating a worn coin on 1 red hot iron, illegible inscriptions frequently may be deciphered. A new heavier-than-air flying ma-1 chino, a German invention, is sha; almost exactly like a bird. A patent has been granted a Pennsylvanian on a reed basket mounted ou a long handle to pick fruit. A modern fireboat can supple twelve full-sized steam engines with water at a distance of 1,200 or more feet. A complete portable blacksmith shop, filling two box cars, is in use by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The use of muslin instead of glass In dairy windows is said to lessen the danger from tuberculosis germs. One ton of mechanical or half a ton of chemical pulp is obtaimxl on an average, from each cord of wood. By wrapping them in a new vegetable ptfper, fish caught off the Portuguese coas^ are delivered in Belgium sixteen days later in better condition, as regards freshness and flavor than when packed on ice. When a pest of eels threatened to interfere with the operation of the Snow Mountain Power Company, in California, a wire netting was sunk in the stream and thousands of the eels were killed by electricity. Despite opposition from the Japanese government, the deoarunent of agriculture has succeeded in obtaining 455,(>W plants of the grass s used in matting, and will experiment with them in several Southern States. American financial aid lias been ask•d tor the erection at Montpelier, France, of a memorial to the late Gustav Fox. whose work un the grape vine phylloxera and other vitacultural questions are well known to the horticultural world. Your own price on ail trimmed hats and shapes for the remainder of the month at Dial’s millinery store. •JC.STALEY 6outh BenDjb'D. " > \ < ■ a -4 ■ I 1 A'"' '1 \ * For Sale by Gus Reiss & Co. BUY YOUR Christmas Presents of a reliable Jeweler. W ■ - I ii'JH ‘V iil:i ■ Elgin, Waltham or South Bend Wade he s In Gold Filled Cases, Eand Warranted 20 years, only v'ijJy U p DIAMONDS Fine Diamond Rings and In Solid Gold, - - - up A Special Bargain . . $21,75 SILVER KNIVES AND FORES Make a nice present. Do not fail to see my line. Charles M. Schnell JEWELER Connected with the J ovidr 'n ness in South Bend for the Liet 2. Years 218 S Michigan St. Opposite Auditorium South Bend - 1 iana

jy-Qi j^ii^ 3. jft) ty • Pure Groceries i Try our Splendid Line of I • Coffees, Teas and | | Canned Goods | A GRAND BULK COFFEE | I FOR 2Oc A POUND | Other brands that will please you £ I — ’ All our goods are fresh and t I clean and backed up by the t | Pure Food Laws. | 1 1 | j JOHN J. DEVERY i ssnnwffltwiwffliiiM | A Fine Stock of 3 Indianapolis Candies FRESH FOR || I CH R I S T MAS j . Fruits, Nuts and Pastries, See our Fine Assortment before buying your Holiday Candies. | SMITHS RESTAURANT 1 ■ t a I 20 PER CENT I 9 J Discount Salei I I- rom now on until January Ist we will give you 20 per cent discount from the retail price of our entire line of Ladies’,Misses, and Children’s p Coats and Ladies’ Ready Made Skirts. Remember, this does not mean any old plunder E ■ but strictly new and up-to-date garments that have not been carried over even one season. Our aim is not to have one garment left Jan. Ist, and we are willing to give you the benefit ol this 20 per cent, discount rather than to !|| carry one single garment over. E ll I Yours for Honest Merchandise, | HYMAN &DUPLER | L wiiwnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiHwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiffliiiimiw^ _ ■ SEWING MACHINES and SUPPLIES I T “ ,"X 1A full supply of Ncedx ’ y \ lee, Shuttles and Bob- / /' - ' . \ bins for sewing machines \ m akes. - S T | We sell the 1 i - I c \ ; J New England Queen K x - /a and the Domestic Sewing Machines, V from S2O to S3O x .. “ -A See our sewing machines at $12.50 each- j idles. Shuttles and Bobbins ‘or Guarauteea for 10 years. • in Ail Makes of Sewing 'Machines. I H. A. Yearick 'XXr' I i mwiHWiiTiMMrw ■ i t_jw, um—"A cube containing'' 1.000,000 building Get your sale bills printed at this ofbricks, if laid without mortar, would be . ti oß, Bost work aud loweat P riee9 - New n;.aut 'o r. . r b > type insures good work.